So I'm leaning towards this being a refinished dial. But are there any experts out there that can give me some more solid opinions?
It's a redial and I know just enough to be dangerous: 1) crosshairs look too heavy and they would be continuous without stopping 2) the alignment of "swiss made" isn't spaced properly 3) the spacing of automatic, chronometre and officially certified aren't correct - the crosshairs should run through the "m" of automatic and the "o" of chronometre.
I agree its an obvious and bad redial. If it is not so obvious, a very good means to verify it is the MOY test, by dividing the dial vertically and take a look at the M of Automatic, the O of 'Chronometer and the Y of Officialy... You can find a very detailed an in depth going description at Omega Constellation Blogspot, an excellent reference guide for Constellations http://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.de/2009/02/its-all-about-moy-except-when-it-isnt.html
+1 Dial says "T" beside Swiss Made for Tritium luming but you don't have any lume on neither the hands or the indices...
No but thank you for the offer. Its great that you’ll keep it. These old watches are meant to be worn and enjoyed. It’s still a handsome watch - redial or not.
I picked it up as a pair of Constellations at a NAWCC show. It did occur to me that it may be a redial, but either way, I love the look of it. I'm certain that the other Constellation I got has an original dial. You win some, you lose some. I try to cycle a lot of the watches I buy, maybe make a profit. But I don't mind being stuck with something like this.
I realized it was a redial when I looked at relationships between the ll in constellation and the crosshairs- Constellation is in the wrong place for the crosshairs to go through. On mine it avoids the ll completely and intersects in a different place.